(MC POV)
The so-called rogue god Marde looked up at the goddesses floating above him.
"Oh? I'm surprised to see all of you still around! Did you all actually triumph over the mortals who took over?"
Tianya scowled at him, "How are you still here? You should have stopped existing…"
"Hahaha! Did you really think that I did not prepare myself for such an eventuality? I had already split myself ahead of time and dropped myself into the mortal World before all of you got to me! The me you have eradicated was merely just a fragment of myself! All I needed was some time to reform back and I would return!"
"Oh… So you didn't make some kind of agreement with another God to return back here?"
"Of course not! Why would I resort to such methods to debase myself? I am more than capable of dealing with this myself! With my return, I will--"
"Everyone! Focus on him!!" Tianya shouted, not even letting him finish his words.
All the goddesses immediately shot out beams of divine energy from their palms, targeting the lone god that was still on the ground.
The god let out a scream as the beams hit him from all directions, forcing him down on the ground.
I watched, still quite perplexed from the unexpected turn of events as the beams intensified and his screams got even louder for a few moments before slowly decreasing in volume.
In just a scant few seconds, his screams died out and the goddesses stopped firing their divine energy.
At the place where the god once stood, there was only a small, smoking crater left.
…
Ok… I guess it was still one god against several other gods so there wasn't really a chance that guy could have fought his way out of here.
But seriously, I was expecting him to reveal himself to be stronger and then wipe the floor with these goddesses before trying to take over the World. That's how it usually goes right?
Maybe I should ju--
"Haha!! I'm back!" The rogue god roared, suddenly reappearing within the crater without any injuries. "Did you really think I could be killed so easily?! I will have you know that I have prepared contingencies in case something like this happened! I will show you the true meaning of des--"
The goddesses fired off their divine energy once more, this time not even needing Tianya to tell them to do it.
The crater got a little bigger and once again, the god was reduced to nothingness.
Please don't tell me he's made himself unkillable where he could just regenerate over and over again? Those people are just really, really annoying. I would know since I had to deal with one before… In fact, I'm still dealing with her right now…
Sure enough, a few seconds passed and the god reappeared in the crater again as though nothing happened.
"You fools! Did you think I betrayed you all for the mortals because I like them?! It's because I found that I could gain much more power with them than I could with you all! I have found a way to connect the life of mortals to my own Divine Essence! As long as there are mortals in this World, I cannot die!"
Tianya either did not believe him or wanted to test the theory out since she went to attack him again, this time using her own domain to cause him to explode into pieces.
She waited there for a moment more and the god reformed himself again.
"Wahaha! I have retu--"
Tianya made him explode again before looking up into the sky, "All Creator… Could we request your aid?"
I figured it would lead to this so I teleported myself there.
"Hmmm… I'm guessing you want me to get rid of him?" I asked.
"That is correct, All Creator… He was the one who taught the mortals how to steal a God's divinity to empower themselves. Before this, we never knew the reason why he would do this but now we know that it's just for him to obtain more power…"
I tilted my head, "I don't get it though… Aren't you all divines already? What's the use of gaining more power?"
"Umm… The positions granted to us are not exactly fixed, All Creator… With enough power, one is also able to overthrow a World's administrator God from their position…"
"Eh? Such a thing is allowed?"
"Umm… You've never spoken out against it, All Creator…"
Ah… I mean… The past me definitely would not have cared so that wasn't surprising… Iris would have given even less of a damn about the gods fighting amongst themselves either so such a thing probably went unchecked for all this time.
"What even is the benefit of raising your station amongst the gods?"
"Umm… We would get to be closer to All Creator for one… Since the higher the station, the closer we are to… To you, All Creator…"
Huh? How does that even work? Do you know how ironic it is that I've yet to meet even a single Supreme goddess while I have already met multiple World gods?
Oh wait… I get it now… She meant that they get to receive more Origin energy by increasing their influence.
I'm not sure why they would even be that desperate for it? Is it some kind of badge or sense of pride? Or is there another reason altogether?
Nevertheless, I went ahead to eliminate this rogue god's existence so that he would stop coming back to life.
There is one thing I want to know though…
"Is this… Is this infighting amongst gods something normal?"
Tianya blinked at me, "All Creator… The Gods of other Worlds are constantly at war with each other almost all the time… Ours is already a pretty rare case where most of us are able to work together…"
Wait… Are you telling me that most of the gods in this universe are actually neglecting their own duties just to fight with each other? Mostly just for more power?
If that's the case… Then how in Origin is this universe still able to exist?!
Just how did the past me make all these gods to cause such a big problem?!
Ughh… I can only hope that after my disciples join the divine community, they will change the gods for the better…
Surely they should be able to learn a thing or two from my disciples right?
I think I need to sit down somewhere…
